Made for screening at the 1925 World Educational Congress Edinburgh, the film gives a survey of the educational opportunities offered in Edinburgh from infants up to senior pupils.
Women exercising during a keep-fit class.
The festival of the Braw Lads Gathering in the Borders town of Galashiels; the historic flag is presented and then carried on horseback through the town.
The people of Lochgelly at work and play, with footage of wash day and playing golf and bowls.
A record of the renovation work on the Bellhaven cafe, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, between 1948 to 1955; shows the work of masons, joiners, glaziers and the Cocozza family on the new Cafe, and the interest o...
An impressionistic account of the attractions that Aberdeen and Deeside offer the summer visitor.
Crowning Ceremony at Newmills, Torryburn and Crombie Gala Day.
Footage of sand racing, and coverage of the first post-war car hill climb race held at Rest and Be Thankful, organised by the Royal Scottish Automobile Club, St Andrews.
Om forholdet mellem en far og hans søn, idet den ældre mand ikke er kommet sig over tabet af konen to år forinden. Senere bliver faderen fyret, og hans misantropi forstærkes.
En tidligere patolog, der nu ernærer sig som bedemand, laver forsøg med genoplivning af døde.
Glasgows populæreste diskjockey, kaldet Dicky Bird, bliver ved et tilfælde vidne til et opgør mellem to konkurrerende flødeisfirmaer, ejet af skotsk-italienske familier som nærmest benytter mafia...
Poul is a struggling magician looking for just the right trick to take him to the big time. To get the money to acquire 'The Sawed-in-Half Lady' from Frankfurt he makes a deal with Arne, a shifty insu...
Forfatterinden Anaïs Nin mødte Henry Miller i Paris i 1931 og hans anarkistiske livsstil var noget helt nyt og spændende for hende. Året efter kom Henrys kone, June, også til Paris, og både Henr...
Et æsel spærrer vejen. FN-soldater og lokale mødes. Ingen forstår hinanden, og den simple forhindring forvandler sig hurtigt til en konflikt af babelske dimensioner. Den korteste vej mellem mennes...
Kort melodrama: De Chinees Sang Lee ontfermt zich over een blank kind (Jack). Twintig jaar later verdedigt Jack, als prominent advocaat, zijn ten onrechte beschuldigde pleegvader in de rechtbank.
Wanneer de inmiddels rijke Jack zijn vroegere geliefde per toeval op het witte doek ziet, gaat meteen op zoek naar haar.
The sculptor Benno Schotz at work in his studio in Glasgow, and demonstrating his technique. The film examines his working methods and the themes running through his work. Much of his work is as a m...
One of a series of twenty films made for Babcock and Wilcox (Steam) Ltd. between 1954 and 1961, it looks at the Scottish Gas Board Works at Westfield and ferries using Babcock and Wilcox steam engines...
(Reel 1) The arsenal entrance in Beresford Square, with the internal train taking the workers to various departments. Women and boys in the Tailors' Shop make gloves, felt "buttons" for 15-inch shells...
A camel train approaches and enters the city. A panorama of the city taken from the sea. Tiffin (compressed camel or horse fodder) being unloaded from ships lying out to sea by surf boats. The men wor...